View the PowerPoint titled "Professional Issues" which id attached belowDebate the following question and state your position "Is Nursing a profession?"Primary reference must be from peer-reviewed eng
Professional Issues What defines a profession? Professions involve essentially intellectual operations; They derive their raw material from science and learning; This material they work up to a practical and defined end; They possess educationally communicable techniques; They tend to self -organize; and they are becoming increasingly altruistic in motivation. Based on this definition, nursing did not meet the criteria of a profession. In response, the professional status of nursing was evaluated. Again, nursing was deficient as a true profession. What does it take to be a profession? A profession is defined as a complex, organized occupation preceded by a long training program geared toward the acquisition of exclusive knowledge necessary to provide a service that is essential or desired by society, leading to a monopoly that provides autonomy, public recognition, prestige, power, and authority for the practitioner. Expertise Autonomy Accountability Authority Unity Expertise The characteristic of having a high level of specialized skill and knowledge. How do we do this? Educational requirements Guided practice Examination for licensure Certification Mandatory continuing education Specialty preparation Certification Process Autonomy Having the freedom to make independent choices. How do we do this? The autonomy of the profession as well as the autonomy of the individual practitioner. The ANA Code of Ethics discusses the nurse’s autonomous decision making and responsibility. Nurses exercise independent functions, make nursing diagnoses and initiates self -directed treatment. Accountability The state of being answerable to someone for something one has done. How do we do this? Code of Nursing Ethics ANA Standards of Nursing Practice Facility specific Standards of Nurse Practice Nurse Practice Act for the state we practice Authority The state of having legitimate power and sovereignty. How do we do this? The authority to practice nursing is granted by statute, based upon the contract of the professional’s rights and responsibilities, and requires mechanisms for public accountability. The Nurse Practice Act protects the public from the unqualified, and it protects professionals’ job territory by establishing a monopoly. Unity Relates to the ability of organization for the purpose of fulfilling the profession’s promises and the relationships that members have with one another. How do we do this? Active membership in the ANA Membership in the nursing association in the state of practice What do you think? Occupation or Profession?
